(Chemical) Bonding is what makes life possible

Raquel Christiano de Sousa has a degree in Conservation and Restoration from Instituto Politécnico de Tomar (2012), another degree in Visual Arts from Universidade de Évora (2008), and studied at the Fachhochschule Hannover (2007) under the ERASMUS programme. She interned at Atelier - Artbee, Conservation e Restauration d'Oeuvres d'Art, in Liège (2014) through the Eurodyssée programme, and at Atelier - Marta Bretão Conservação e Restauro de Obras de Arte in Terceira Island (2012) through the “Estagiar – L” programme. She was co-proposer in the Winning Proposal nº14 "BIBLIOTECAS E ARQUIVOS - POR UMA PRESERVAÇÃO DO PATRIMÓNIO", through the Participatory Budget of the Azores islands (2019). She has been working since 2015 in conservation and restoration at the Public Library and Regional Archive of Ponta Delgada and is currently a Master's student in Conservation and Restoration at the Faculty of Sciences and Technologies, NOVA University of Lisbon.